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Is spinning a good yarn becoming a dying art? Johanna Bell is on a mission to ensure that it isn't. She's leading the way by unearthing and promoting local storytelling in the Northern Territory.

The lycra-clad crowd that rolls into a coffee shop for a post-ride caffeine hit is usually dominated by menbut thanks to cyclists like Natalia de Clercq, women are increasingly taking their place in the coffee queue.

This time next week, the workers at the Holden factory in Adelaide's north will pack up their tools for the last time. While some are moving onto new jobs or retiring, others are worried for the future.

The scale of death and destruction is unprecedented and almost unfathomable.

"Ford, Toyota, Holden ... It's all gone now ... the whole thing."

Climate change scepticism, Safe Schools and calls to pull the plug on ABC funding dominated One Nation's cost-of-living summit.

Grand old apartments are attracting buyers across Sydney in greater numbers.

Sue Davidson pays over $3,500 out of her own pocket to take her students to a performance of the Disney musical, Aladdin, before using crowd funding to recover most of the costs.

It looks like millions are to be spent to raise the profile of state leader.

Asylum seekers held on Manus Island have urged Papua New Guinea to distance itself from Australia's refugee policy and help them relocate to "safe" countries.

This AGM season several large companies will have to face increasingly awkward questions from investors looking well beyond the numbers.

Adelaide United ruins Brisbane Roar's first home game of the season with two goals at the death to seal a 2-1 come-from-behind A-League victory.

Daniel Hughes and Nic Maddinson have put on a season-high partnership for NSW, who have made light work of a challenging target to collect a crucial six-wicket win over Queensland in Sydney.

Everyone and no one is right about the closure of car assembly manufacturing in Australia.

Why I'm choosing the Caulfield Guineas program over the prizemoney, flash jewellery and the popstar beat of The Everest.

A month after she died in her stately Point Piper mansion Fairwater, Lady (Mary) Fairfax's extraordinary, $600 million estate remains shrouded in mystery and intrigue.

Adelaide United have stunned Brisbane Roar with two goals at the death to seal a 2-1 come-from-behind A-League victory on Friday night.

The Capitals' unbeaten run is over but it was a performance that proved they can be contenders.

Memo to TV producers, Australia has enough material for its own version of Yes Minister. The Turnbull government and Treasury's botched recruitment drive to pick a new head to run the corporate regulator would provide rich material for the first episode.

Uber submitted a court appeal on Friday to overturn a decision by London's transport regulator that stripped the taxi app of its operating licence in one of its most important markets.

Aussie superstar Chris Hemsworth has admitted at the Gold Coast premiere of Thor: Ragnorak that he was growing sick of the role before the new film.

Jarryd Hayne is hoping to rediscover his best form for Fiji at the World Cup.

The sister of AFL champion Gary Ablett Junior has died.

There are an estimated 5000 lobbyists in Australia, who promise their paying clients an inside track to political decision makers.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte retained a high public approval rating in an opinion poll released on Friday, a stark contrast to a different survey earlier this week that showed a sharp decline in trust and satisfaction in the maverick leader.

Yesterday was a huge day of movement and today will be no different. Follow live here.

The Dutch look set to take out both classes in this year's World Solar Challenge after their Cruiser class car crossed the finish line in Adelaide today.

Why, once again, does Australia have to rely on Tim Cahill, a bloke nudging 40 – he'll be 38 in December – to get the job done?

Transgender footballer Hannah Mouncey has nominated for the AFLW draft but her eligibility is undecided.

The Mad Max director is one of 100 people living and dead selected by the museum for a new exhibition.

Hollywood movie star Chris Hemsworth returns to the Gold Coast for the Australian premiere of his Queensland-filmed Marvel movie, Thor: Ragnarok.

Mortgaged household are for the first time spending less on food than on housing.

John McCain, the US war hero and long-standing friend of Australia's, has a protege.

Mortgaged household are for the first time spending less on food than on housing.

The 'naturalistic' headland park has been lauded in the annual American Architecture Prize

The next name on Jeff Horn's hit list might not be a household name.

Police said initial investigations indicated a solo skydiver collided with a tandem skydiving pair, causing their parachutes to fail.

Plans to remove private health cover for natural therapies such as yoga will leave many in a bind.

The $1 million given to the "no" campaign, drowned out coverage of the Sydney Anglican Synod's historic apology to victims of domestic violence.

NSW public school students are spending $1 million more at the canteen compared to two years ago, as menus reveal that many of the top-earning schools are selling a wide range of unhealthy foods and drinks, including some that have been banned by the government.

Bruce Stokes saw the interview on TV and it summed up an astonishing reality of US politics. An American mother says she voted for Donald Trump and then realised that Obamacare had saved her son's life.

Though the establishment in the United States, and the rest of the world for that matter, may detest the idea, Donald Trump overshadows all in the political scene.

A doctor's "inadequate" medical care and a government department in "ongoing crisis" were unable to save a 13-year-old Sydney boy before he took his own life, an inquest has found.

The quest for just the second Constellation Cup clean sweep will drive Australia in the final match.

If you haven't started studying for your exams, you're too late - so the fluff legend goes.

In May 2015, Newtown Local Area Command Superintendent Simon Hardman filed a complaint against four officers belonging to a "tight knit group of like-minded homosexual Newtown police".

I'm no expert on climate change, but I must – for once – agree with Tony Abbott.

Sharyn Hill will co-coach the Canberra Giants in the Australian Netball League.

The Nationals are already making preparations in case the High Court rules against the Deputy Prime Minister.

A woman who was badly injured when her ute crashed head-on with a car driven by a 14-year-old boy in Sydney's west is in a critical but stable condition 24 hours after the smash.